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They expect delivery 'by 2030'. I wonder if satellites and newer weapons wouldn't be able to intercept its flight path by then. You probably wouldn't have to
by jswanson 13y ago
They expect delivery 'by 2030'.
I wonder if satellites and newer weapons wouldn't be able to intercept its flight path by then.
You probably wouldn't have to match its speed to bring it down, just throw up a cloud of junk in its way.
- dredmorbius 13y agoOr heat its skin. A laser defense weapon, coupled with the black titanium skin, likely already close to its thermal limits, might produce results of interest to a defender.
- ZanyProgrammer 13y agoIn the meantime, its going to take a lot of time and money to develop those weapons as well. I mean, you're talking about hypothetical countermeasures that don't even exist as a solid concept yet.
- sp332 13y agoTrue, but we have 16 years to figure it out.
- dredmorbius 13y agoNot entirely true. LAWS has been in active tests and is, I believe, being deployed now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBDF0Tm0kuY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBDF0Tm0kuY